Seven people were killed in a shooting in Yerevan.

One person was killed and six were injured in a shooting in Yerevan's Ajapnyak district. Police are searching for those involved.

The incident occurred on the afternoon of February 18 on Abelyan Street in Yerevan's Ajapnyak district. According to sources, a shootout broke out between two groups of people in a courtyard between apartment buildings.

Police seized several machine gun and pistol shell casings, a knife with traces of blood, and a Lexus with gunshot damage from the scene. Police Chief Kamo Tsutsulyan led the investigation at the scene, according to the crime news website Shamshyan.com.

It was initially reported that ten people with gunshot wounds were taken from the scene to various Yerevan hospitals, but only seven were admitted. One of them, 45-year-old Yerevan resident Arsen Vardanyan, died from his wounds.

Three of the remaining six hospitalized patients underwent surgery. "The victims suffered gunshot wounds, primarily to the chest and abdomen. (...) The condition of two is assessed as extremely serious," Aysor.am quotes Ashot Kurginyan, deputy director of the Armenia Medical Center.

At least five of the six injured were Yerevan residents between the ages of 18 and 42, and another was a 31-year-old resident of Armenia's Shirak region. Relatives of the wounded gathered at the hospital where they were taken, and a large police force was also deployed there, NEWS.am reports.

Investigative actions were also carried out at the hospital; according to the Novosti-Armenia news agency, security forces detained several participants in the shooting right at the medical center.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that all those involved in the incident have been identified and police are taking steps to detain them, but the number of detainees and the motive for the conflict have not been released. The case is being investigated under articles of attempted murder and illegal firearms trafficking.